LAS VEGAS - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was discharged from the hospital less than three hours after an apparent rear-end crash Friday afternoon on a Las Vegas freeway, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Reid suffered rib and hip contusions in the crash that happened about 1:10 p.m. Friday on Interstate 15, staffers said. He was taken to the hospital by his security detail as a precaution.
Reid, 72, was wearing a seatbelt at the time of impact and walked into the hospital on his own, according to a statement from his office.
Members of Reid's staff and other people in the senator's security detail had minor injuries and were taken to the hospital for evaluation, the statement said.
Six vehicles were involved in the apparent chain-reaction crash, including two Las Vegas police vehicles and two Capitol police vehicles that were escorting Reid. Images from the scene showed broken glass, bumper damage and deflated tires on some of the vehicles.
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Two lanes were closed and four tow trucks were summoned to the freeway that runs parallel to the Las Vegas Strip, said Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Jeremie Elliott.
Reid's wife, Landra, was speaking at a Las Vegas event featuring first lady Michelle Obama at roughly the time the crash happened, but she was not involved and made no mention of the incident in her remarks.
In March 2010, Reid's daughter, Lana, and wife were injured when a tractor-trailer slammed into their minivan while they were returning from a shopping trip in Virginia. Landra Reid was left with a broken back, neck and nose and her daughter suffered minor injuries.
Harry Reid, who has served as state legislator, lieutenant governor, congressman and five-term senator, has been majority leader since 2007.
